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Feb. 27, 2017 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Picture several displays of artistic creations illuminated from within by various colors. One display is a set of five helium kites hovering over visitors’ heads. In a nearby canal is a collection of 50 floating spheres. The imaginative creations were part of a busy outdoor art scene my Best Friend […]

Jan. 23, 2012 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – My birthday is approaching, so I expect to be asked about my plans for that day. I’ll dodge the question by saying I haven’t decided. I know many like to celebrate birthdays, and that’s fine. My celebrations are low key. It’s not my nature to buy something new or […]

Nov. 6, 2011 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Taking out the trash this morning, I found visual treasure. I literally ran into it. I was walking in our breezeway when I had a one-second warning. I heard the hummingbirds before I saw them. I stopped and looked up. They were chattering and feeding in the tall flower […]

Jan. 13, 2011 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The distraction of Arizona sunsets from our back patio, like this one recently, often washes away the intellectual static created by local politics. I dream of the day when we have leadership with this much brilliance. Copyright photo by Mike Padgett (To avoid missing news, features and photos on […]

March 21, 2010 EDITORIAL Are Arizona’s leaders, struggling with an overpowering deficit, downsizing state programs too far? Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the state’s fiscal 2011 budget of $8.9 billion, which is a reduction of $1.1 billion. Budget supporters called the new budget a streamlining of state government. Critics say it is hardhearted, with […]

March 7, 2010 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Just a few of my Arizona favorites: A lone bull elk grazing on the lawn early one November morning as I stepped out of El Tovar Lodge at Grand Canyon. I never had seen a bull elk, much less been so close to one. Lunch at the Arizona Biltmore […]

Feb. 10, 2010 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – When their doctors say those gritty words, “It’s cancer,” patients often see themselves heading down a one-way road. And it looks rough. They suck in their breath. Their fingers, searching for anything to hold onto, turn into white-knuckled fists. Their courage is challenged. They think about hair loss. Nausea. […]